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TWO DYNAMIC FORCES TAKE A SEAT ON LOCAL CHARITY’S BOARD

Former diver and chair of British Diving, Melanie Beck MBE, and former European president of a giant Texas-based bakery business, Mel Bugler, have joined the board of trustees at leading local disability charity, MK SNAP.

Melanie, who received an MBE for her voluntary services during the Covid-19 crisis, is the charity’s new chair of trustees.

She said: “I feel extremely honoured and excited, MK SNAP is a charity I have long admired and followed.”

Mel, former European president for CH Guenther & Son which produces burger buns for McDonalds and Burger King and for the past 27 years has held many CEO/MD roles, said: “I am delighted to be joining MK SNAP as a charity trustee.

“I have seen the fantastic work that MK SNAP does and believe it is a wonderful environment for learners to further develop their talent and life skills while having fun.” Melanie is CEO at MyMiltonKeynes, Business Improvement District and was formerly the head of marketing and communications at the CentreMK.

Melanie is a trustee of Sports Aid and chair of British Diving and British High Diving.

‘WE ARE DELIGHTED TO WELCOME BOTH

MELANIE AND

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BOARD’ Governing body (FINA) and was Chair of the Performance Management of British Diving since 2005. MK SNAP's CEO, Angela Novell said: “We are delighted to welcome both Melanie and Mel to the board during this time of great change.”

Melanie Beck MBE Mel Bugler

MILESTONE FOR PA FIRM

Smart Office Services is celebrating 21 years in business. It will be a quiet celebration due to Covid restrictions, but the remote PA support company are planning a big celebration for their 25th anniversary when that comes around.

The company was established by two personal assistants who wanted to provide remote PA support to business owners and managers.

Despite the challenges of the last year, Smart Office Services apprentices Caroline Lloyd and Holly Burnham have both achieved distinctions in their Apprenticeship in Business Administrator Level 3.

Manager Lynn Dumbarton said: “This is a great achievement for them both, they have worked hard and we are very proud to be a stepping stone while they decide on their future careers. Their input has been invaluable to us and we hope to recruit again.

“Like many companies, the last year has been a challenge for us. Some of our clients provide face to face services and as their businesses have temporarily closed, we have also been quieter.

“We are looking forward to the opening of services and helping more business owners thrive in the future.”

HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGISTERS WITH CQC

Stemax Consult Healthcare Services is now officially registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

The Milton Keynes health and wellbeing practitioner provides a patient driven outpatient day care clinic working with individual patients with a variety of medical conditions.

The private clinic offers services such as pre-placement medicals, vaccinations, offshore medicals and healthy lifestyle consultations to both individual clients and companies.

They also assist companies in working with their employees to reduce sickness absence and improve productivity.

The CQC is the Government’s independent regulator of health and adult social care services.

Medical director Cyprel Ijeh said: “At Stemax Consult, we believe that by being CQC registered, we will assure you, and the Government that we are delivering quality care.

“The CQC aim to tackle poor care and use feedback from healthcare customers to make their judgements. As our customer you can be assured that practices are inspected regularly and are meeting the standards set.”